ascent

«ascent» in Mova's school dictionary: a climb up a mountain, hill or stairs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an ascent, ascents)

meaning for a pupil

1) An ascent is a climb up a mountain, hill or stairs. tree →

2) An ascent is an upward slope or path. tree →

3) An ascent is a rise to a higher position, power or level. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and stories: «the ascent of the mountain took four hours». In maths problems the ascent can be a height gained, found by subtraction. In science: a balloon's or rocket's ascent. Opposite: descent.

examples

• The ascent to the summit was steep. tree →
• We started our ascent at dawn. tree →
• The balloon's slow ascent was beautiful. tree →
• The path makes a gentle ascent through the woods. tree →
• The ascent from 200 metres to 900 metres is 700 metres. tree →
• Her ascent to captain surprised no one. tree →
• Having thus spoken Jupiter withdrew himself and made his ascent to Olympus. tree →

note

Homophone trap: «ascent» (a climb) and «assent» (agreement) sound the same. Verb: ascend. Opposite: descent (going down). In maths, ascent = top height − starting height.

In the corpora

• And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.
• And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
• A Song of Ascents.
• A Song of Ascents; of David.
• A Song of Ascents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ascent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.